The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-22
THE REPUBLICANS OF MAssA-
OHUsETTs,

Who enjoy yearly dinner as the
Massachusetts Club, met last Saturday |
at the Hotel Vendome, Boston, and
enjoyed Square meal" and very |
uusquare talk. The viands were all
that could DO desired, and the COM
pany represented the very top notch
OF the coupon cutters and dividend
dividing aristocrscy Of the Hub. The
rpecia! guests oil the occasion were
Senators Hoar and Dawes, Gov. Long
and the Republican Oongressmen,
and the speeches were solid chunks oil
.g'orihcation and were sound for the
tariff for heavy taxes, the slavery OF
the worklngmen and the most lavish
expenditures by the national govern
ment. They admitted, some Of them,
that occasionally decent man was
found who was q Democrat, but the
exception was a. rare az angels visits.
The South they agreed had
been in nothing better than hell and
IL would take half dozen Messiahs
INSTEAD OF one 10 save us from eternal
damuation. 0ne OF the speakers ad'
mitted that Senator Morgan, OF Ala
bama, was an exceptional Democrat
Of their stamp, and another was happy
that whatever there was that was now
good at the South was due to Northern
capital and Northern energy and ex'
ample. They had royal time Of IL.
Senator Hoar was in his element and
was full OF the old time revival spirit.
Nothing that the world had that was
worth having, he said, but originated
in Massachusetts, aud was carried to
full iruition by Massachusetts men,
He took all the glory for the old Bay
State, all but the glory Of the rodemp
ton. He drew the line there but
with aome hesitation, As for the
Democrats. they were In their incep
ton plague to the Unior
and curse ever since. They has
fought every reform and opposed al
advancement, they bought the frs
niggers and owned the last, they wert
pirates in their cradles and rebels IL
their graves. They were everything
but bondholdors and railr BAD thieves
had done everything but make blscN
Fridays and create whisky rings anC
Credit Mobiliers, They were yer.
bad lot, and we're the shame OF the erI
and the disgrace oil the Republic. Th,
Senator blotted out or ignored admin
istrations like those OF Jefferson, Mad
son aud Polk, during which go fabu
lous wealth in lands and mines wa
added TO the stock OF the States. TIL
Mexican war and that Of 1912 Wa
carefully put away, Jackeon's victorie
we're ignored, aud all our nations
glories we're dimmed before the sbol
ton OF slavery-which was one Of tn
accidents of wAr-and the mainteI
ance OF the Union which was due [
the exhaustion OF the resources OF tn
South in men and means. Massachl
sets WAS FIRST In every good word an
work achieved the Declaration Of lad
pendence, won all the victories Of Ii
revolution, made George Washington
lca1sd Jefferson, Madison, Monro
Marshall aud Les to Virginia in ord,
that the poor old Dominion migl
mako sems show in the fight with Il
mother country. There was not
word said about burning witches an
hanging Qusksrs and Episcopaliau
aud driving Roger Williams out in Il
cold, nothing about selling Narraga
set Indians in the West indies 1
rum, not word about the slave ira,
nor the piracies that made eve
inlet GA tbs New England coast II
grave OF murdsrous secrets. Mr.. Ho
avoided all these dissgresables, al
quite in the provincial spirit Of Macs
chusetts and Boston, rememb Der
nothing OF the great world beyond &
confines Of r aeon strest and he Ba
Bay. As spoke Hoar, so did Lod
and Loag aud Dawes. The imp
dence OF Clriisle in being Speaker
tbs House vas 6ttingly chIacterz
and the thame OF Rhode Island bel
turued over TO the Democrats "
profoundly deplored. At the menti
Of this accident in little Rhody's m
-aern history the whole compaI